Explanation
Rezoning Application Z15-059
APPLICANT: Samira H. Jallaq; c/o Banwo Longé, P.E.; 1008 East Main Street; Columbus, OH 43205.
PROPOSED USE: Fuel sales with convenience retail.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on April 14, 2016.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval. The site is developed with a convenience store zoned in the ARLD, Apartment Residential District, and is within the Urban Commercial Overlay (UCO). It was previously used as a service station zoned in the C-4, Commercial District, but was rendered nonconforming with the Model Cities down-zoning in 1974. Council variance Ordinance No. 1168-85 (CV85-032) was approved to convert the service garage to the existing retail use, but not to conform the then-existing fuel pumps. The pumps and canopy were removed in the 1990’s. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow the construction of a new canopy with fuel pumps and a 510 square-foot addition to the existing convenience store. The CPD text commits to a site plan and elevation renderings for the proposed development. The text includes provisions for landscaping, lighting controls, and outside display. Variances to UCO standards are also incorporated into the request. The site is within the planning area of the Near East Area Plan (2005), which recommends high density residential and mixed commercial uses at this location. Staff would consider supporting a fuel sales facility that was designed in accordance with the provisions of the UCO at this location. This proposal would result in a development that is not compliant with the established UCO requirements. Staff is sympathetic to the circumstances involved with this site, but does not want to set a precedent for future development along this corridor that is contrary to the UCO development pattern.
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To rezone 1075 EAST MAIN STREET (43205), being 0.35± acres locat...
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